SARAH SHIN is a vibrant soloist and chamber musician, educator, and collaborator. Sarah has appeared as a soloist with the Budapest MAV Symphony Orchestra (HUN), Prague Radio Chamber Orchestra (CZE), Bodensee Philharmonic (GER), and the Stuttgart Philharmonic (GER), among others. She has performed at the Wien Musikverein, Tonhalle Zürich, Stiftung Mozarteum: Großer Saal (Salzburg), Lotte Concert Hall (Seoul), Carnegie Hall, and more.

Sarah can be heard on all streaming platforms with her solo Mozart Flute Concertos CD under Sony Classical with Conductor Christian Schulz and members of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra. She also released an album with Emissary Quartet [moment]um with Orchid Classics.

Noteworthy performances include sharing the stage with Lizzo at the 2023 Met Gala, touring with the Budapest MAV Symphony Orchestra in Austria, performing with the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra in Musikverein Wien, and touring with the Stuttgart Philharmonic performing in Vienna and Germany. Sarah’s zeal for sharing music has brought her to be a guest performing artist for many schools and festivals. She has been the guest artist for the Savannah Flute Association Flute Day, the California Orchestra Academy, and Boston Court Pasadena.

As a Lecturer of Flute at Princeton University and a member of the Richardson Chamber Players, affiliated with Princeton University, Sarah’s dedication for music shines through her work. Sarah has given master classes at renowned institutions like Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University (South Korea), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and University of Virginia Flute Forum, amongst others. 

Sarah is recognized as a leader in music, having been honored as the 2023 Trailblazing Woman of the Arts by the Martha Graham Dance Company, serving as President of the New Jersey Flute Society, and holding the position of 2024 National Flute Association Convention Assistant Program Chair. During the height of COVID, Sarah and the New Jersey Flute Society developed the charitable program, “NJFS Gives Back,” which gave financial aid to organizations such as God’s Love We Deliver, Children’s Defense Fund, the NAACP, and Girls for Gender Equity, amongst others. During her four years as President of the New Jersey Flute Society, Sarah co-created the NJFS Scholarship Fund, the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and the Outreach Program.

A native of Ames, Iowa, Sarah made her concerto debut at age 16, playing Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with the Central Iowa Symphony Orchestra. She then moved to Boston, MA to attend the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where she performed in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and is also an honorary alum of the Young Artist Program at the Boston Flute Academy. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is grateful to her teachers Jeanne Baxtresser, Alberto Almarza, Thomas Robertello, Bart Feller, Judy Grant, Dr. Sonja Giles, and Marianne Gedigian. 

Sarah is a William S. Haynes Artist and performs on a handmade custom Haynes 14k white gold flute.

“Sarah possesses a strong technique, a lovely sound with impressive flexibility and very impressive musical skills. I have had the opportunity to observe Sarah Shin’s work recently and am very impressed. ”
— Jeanne Baxtresser, former Principal Flute of New York Philharmonic